Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 33, Hammond, Lake County, 26 July 1917 — Page 1

rin tlAMMOND, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUf,Y 26, 1917. Delivered by TIMES carrieri730cror month; on street and at newsstands, 2o per copy; tack nnmteri 3c per copy. K ON MA OTH NEW PLANT IS BEGUN TODAY

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BE SPENT 1ST UNIT Entire Output of By-Products Go. To Be Taken Over By Marks Mfg. Co, It was more good news for the region. Construction work begins today on another mammoth plant for East Chicago. - At Indiana Harbor the By-Products Corporation, Chicago, has purchased from the Marks Manufacturing company, fifty acres of ground on the canal, between the Pennsylvania and New York Central rights of way and directly opposite the old plant of the Inland Steel company. $10,000,000 will be expended as an initial investment The products will be coke, benzol and other coal tar distillate compounds. It is said that the entire output will be taken over by the Marks Manufacturing company. SUCKERS WILL BE SHOVED IN ARiyilf JITH011T TALK Physical Exams and Exemption Claims Will Be Put Aside. No, the government won't grab and put in jail the drafted man who fails to show up for physical examination when notified. ' That only would necessitate the reeding of a slacker and add to the burden of the war. The drafted man who persistely refuses to present himself for examination will be treated in this fashion: Somebody, on the order of the provost marshal, merely will reach out his hand, grab the slacker by the neck and set him down in the army without physical examination or opportunity for exemption. Tamphlets and circulars explaining In full what is to be done under any combination of circumstances are being mailed to local exeption boards. ANOTHER MERRY CHLJ2XPLOSION (By United Press.) CHICAGO. July 26. Guests in Hotel Bismarck and in other nearby hostelries fled to the street today awakened by a terrific bomb explosion In the rear of the hotel. The detonation shook many buildings in the loop. Police are Inclined to blame labor troubles. CHICAGO, July 26. Potatoes Jumped a era in today. For one day they were $2.75 per barrel wholesale, but today they advanced from $4.25 to $4.50, according to grocers. The excuse given for the rise was that it was raining in the east and farmers couldn't dig in the. rain.

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Newest type of airplane being built by the Curtiss company for the U. S. army. Congress has voted $640,000,000 for air fiehtin:, and a good part of this sum will be used in the purchase of machines like the one shown above. This biplane is the evolution of the fighting machines that have been in use by the belligerent powers since the beginning of the war. All the modern features are represented.

e roar men were seriously injured and taken, to St. Margaret's hospital this afternoon following an automobile accident on Michigan avenue, Indiana Harbor. Nine musicians," all men, were in the auto. The auto was hit by engine at tie S. J. k E. crossing. The victims were Roumanians. The Roumanian band was parading Indiana Harbor for patriotic purposes when John Lupa, the owner of the vehicle, drove on the E. J. & E. tracks at the Michigan avenue crossing, not seeing the approaching switch engine. Thereare no gates at the crossing. The engine backed into them. The musicians were stopped abruptly in the middle of a tune and thrown from the truck by the collision. Caspei Bart, Sr., and Casper Bart, Jr., 3723 Pennsylvania avenue, were hurt about the head. Larga Milean, 3505 Block avenue, and Frank Muntean, 3573 Block avenue, were bruised and otherwise Injured. Other musicians on the truck were Roselean Heinze, Solomon Heinie. Andy Rosery and John Tengeley. Theselast live in the same block on Block avenue. , HEE, HAW! In speaking of the figures for Lake county-,- East Chicago and Gary's draft Quota given exclusively in The Times 24 fours before the Gary Trib., says last night: "There have been numerous rumors of the official quota In the past few days, but the figures which arrived by Associated Pres today are the first to be officially given out." Of course the doddering Trib. thinks nothing Is official unless the A. P. gives it. In other words wait for your news until the A. P. sends It out. The people around here nave quit paying much attention to the senile A. P. since it reported the J death of the Pope when he wasn't dead. There isn't a day in the week the U. P. doesn't put it over the A. P. TWO SEEKDIVORCES. Two petitions for divorce were filed in the Superior court at Hammond today. Grace Macnal seeks a decree of divorce from Charles Macnal In a petition filed by Crumpacker & Crumpacker. She alleges her husband was "irritable, fault-finding and uncompanionable." (Mary Rohan asks divorce from George Rohan in & petition filed by Patterson & Crites. She alleges her husband "would leave home and go to Burnham." CASE OF SMALLPOX. Contagion In Hammond at present includes one case of smallpox, one of typhoid fever, two cases of scarlet fever, three of diphtheria, eight of whooping cough, and one case of measles. MERZ IN HOBOKEN. "Word has been received by parents of Henry Merz Jr., 39 Warren street. Hammond, who enlisted in the army hospital corps several. months ago, that he has been transferred to a company at Hoboken, N". J., preparatory to going to France. ;:;:-.-S:V;:

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3tjf i Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. son of Colonel Vanderbilt and scion of one of America's most illustrious families, is now a private in the 22nd New York Engineers and has been attached to an ammunition train. His father who has been active for fifteen years with the National Guard of New York state is considered an unusually well posted military man. MOONEY TO DEMAND RE-TRIAL (By United Press.) SAX FRAXCISCO. July 26. A demand for immediate re-trial of Tom Mooney on the charge of murder in rade dynamiting will be made at once by his attorney as the result of the acquittal of his wife, Mrs. rfena Mooney, of a similar charge late yesterday. Mrs. Mooney, overjoyed, prepared to day to leave the jail she has occupied a year. Her chief counsel said tnHv tho trial showed the state's inability to connect Mooney with the outrage which killed ten persons and injured forty, July 22, 1316. RIOTING IN SPRINGFIELD By I" nltcd Press. SPRINGFIELD, ILL., July 26. Fol lowing a night of riots in 'which one man was shot and two Injured by missiles thrown by rioters, Springfield's street car service resumed rbday with only one-third of its cars in transit. One hundred ftnd fifty men Walked out last night when the company refused to recognize the union or pay higher wages. Armed guards were on all cars today. . A.-- . .. Sv.

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SITUATION INGE IS REVEALED Germany About Convinced Too That U-Boats Cannot Starve England. CONDITIONS IN GERMANY Germany wont be starved next winter. Germany is beginning to believe that XT-boats wont starve England. The feeling against America in Germany Is not bitter but President Wilson is close to number one on the Germans strafe list. (These are some of the Impressions acquired In Germany by a dlstlng-uished newspaper man of neutral nationality who cabled the United Press the follow, in dispatch today EDITOR.) . AMSTERDAM.. . J iy 26 1 have brought home the conviction that the fourth winter of the war will strike the Germans hard, but the allies will not starve Germany into a surrender. At this moment the economic situation is' not desperate at the Germans have raised tremendous quantities of vegetables partly In consequence of the hot summer. This however does not prevent many Germans from looking forward with pessimism to the winter. Prospects for cereals are good but the fodder situation is serious. Many cattle will be killed in the fall for lack of food. Thereby making more difficult the question of fat supply. The potatoe crop looks good. Great areas of former waste land are being cultivated by convalescent soldiers and Russian prisoners. The food problem causes much squabbling but soldiers rations are still good. There are still a few unratiot.ed articles. War materials still seem plentiful. Gun and ammunition, factories are working night and day. Confidence is general that the German armies will keep the enemy outside of Germany. Confidence in the submarine is diminishing. Many Germans believe that the allies will hold out until it is proved that even with American help they cannot break the German lines in Belgium and France. The surrender of Alsace to France is declared not worth mentioning. But pan-German annexation schemes have not the support of the people or tn government. Feeling against America is not bitter but President Wilson Is about the best hated of men. The idea that Austria could make a separate peace which Germans consider prevalent in America is heartily laughter at in Berlin and what is more likewise in Vienna. WOMAN'S SERVICE LEAGUE IN COUNTY Chairman Announces Appointments of State Service Body. (Special to The Times.) , CROW NTPOINT, IXD.. July 25. Mrs. H. H. Wheeler has made her appointments as chairman of the Woman's Service League of Lake county as follows: Gary Mrs. O. E. Wick. Hammond Mrs. J. Thompson. Whiting Mrs. Katherine Lewis. East Chicago Mrs. A. C. Cox. Indiana Harboi- Mrs. J. R. Farovid. Hobart Mrs. F. N. Warner. Lowell Mrs. Starr Brownell. Dyer Mrs. Ruth Stommell. Leroy Mrs. Harriet Hathaway. Schererville Mrs. Aug. Miller. Highland Mrs. Henry Daugherty. Ainsworth Mrs. Goldman. MerrrtlviUe-Mrs. Alex Boyd. Palmer Mrs. Aug. Klassen. Cedar Lake Mrs. M. Soper, Mrs. N. D. Brown. Griffith Mrs. Malmstone. Crown Point Mrs. J. A. Donnaha, Mrs. A. L. Courtright, Mrs. Ruby Sigler. Mrs. W. L. Allman and Mrs. E. L. Shortridge. Hammond Ball Park Sunday, July 29, Hammond vs. West Ends. 7:26:2

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. Alexander F- Kerensky, just the other day made premier of Russia in place of Prince" Lvoff, has now become dictator. At least .his cabinet, of which he is believed to be in absolute control, has been, given "unlimited powers" by the Council of Soldiers and ' Workmen"s delegates and peasants. This photograph of the new ruler was taken when he recently visited

the front to encourage the troops there He was caught in the action of cheering DON'T MONKEY WITH4 THE HAMMOND COPS Chicago Fly Cop Regrets Auto Trip With Women to Hammond. Furloughs In Hammond offer no time for a policeman to cut up high jinks. If you do not believe it ask George H. Argyle, until yesterday a detective sergeant at the bureau.. 'Tolice raided a saloon at Chicago avenue and Orleans street after 1 a. m. on July 12. Among those present, but not of the raiding party, was Mr. Argyle. A few days later, rt is reported. Argj-le and a saloon-keeper took an auto trip to Hammond where they made merry with the Hammond police. The police promptly took them Into custody and locked them up for the night. The next day Argyle was fined $15 and costs. "I was on a furlough, and I thought I was entitled to Borne liberties," said Argyle in his defense before the jlice trial board yesterday. "Out you go," answered the trial board, and Argyle ceased to be a policeman. SUGAR TAKES NEW JUMP (By United Press.) CHICAGO, July 26. Unrefined sugar today jumped IS points over yesterday's quotation or $6.64 thereby establishing the highest wholesale price pajd since the Civil war. The advance anYounts to about one-tlghth cent a pound. This means a retail price of between ten and eleven cents. The price to Jobbers will be abuot eight to eight and one-half cents. Alleged shortage of the crop of cane in Cuba is blamed. HAMMOND BOYS STOP WHEAT FIRE (Special to Th Times.' ' FORT, RILEY, Kan., July 26. Two Hammond soldier boys, Louis Hammer and Clifford Le Bell, extinguished a blaze yesterday that threatened the destruction of hundreds of acres of wheat. The boys who are members of the Twenty-first cavalry were passing the wheatfield when they saw a number ef stalks ablaze. The fire was rapidly spreading. Using their khaki coats the boys fought the fire . relentlessly until it was out.

i3 ' 'i::i ,-xv:j'- :i-::- s who had quit fighting' the Germans. on the men' who marched past him. (By United Press Cablegram.) PASZS, July &6. French, forces pres sed forward over the unoccupied Oer. man trenches north of Auverville in the Champaign today and met the enemy beyond. Inflicting "appreciable losses" in the language of the official state meat. The enemy retreats from the trenches was followed up in strong force by the French attackers. (By United Press Cablegram.) PASZS, July 26. No French ship was sue), by submarines in the week Just past, an official statement assert, ed today. Six French vessels were un successfully attacked. (By United Press Cablegram.) lONDIir, July 25. A successful raid southeast of Armentieres dur.ag the night was all Field Marshal Salg had to report today from the British front. BT WZBB MIILEE. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, July 26. The United States today is negotiating with the allies drafting' of many hundreds of thous ands of aliens in this country to fight nnder the American flag. Before the second evy necessary abrogation of treaties and actions by congress will bring aliens under the draft law. Under the HcCumber resolution before a subcommittee of the senate committee on oreign relations today alien may be drawn into the army or deport, ed upon refusals to serve. The war department approved the ro solution and public opinion throughout the country is demanding action in this direction. At the Italian embassy it was stated today diplomatic negotiation's were under way to bring 150,000 Italians of military age in the United States under the provisions of the draft. Each of the allied governments is expected to ackuiese in speedy nullification of any old obstructing treaties. The mail of the war department is flooded with bitter protest from cities with large alien population. They claim that in some instances nearly every American will be taken in the first levy from certain districts with heavy alien registration. In Chicago one-fourth of the entire registration is exempt as aliens. CHICAQO, July as. Senator S. Ham. 11 ton Xiewis said today that the next call for men for the new army would be made about October 1, next. .Senator Ziewls, as democratic whip,

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Conduct Contrasted With Traitorous Males Who Red Before Austro-German Army By Wit O. SHEFASS (United Press Staff Correspondent.) PETROGRAD, July 25. Russian women have laid down their lives on the battlefield of democracy for the first time in the history of the great world war. Casualty reports chronicled the death and injury of women in the trenches. Five women of the "Legion of Death" were killed and wounded while repulsing an enemy attack on the Vilna front. The '"Legion of Death" left Fetrograd x barely two weeks ago. Its girl soldiers garbed in trousers, pattees and tunics a trifle longer than the usual longer army tunic They wore the regulation army capsver bobbed hair and carried packs only a trifle lighter than, those of the regular Russian soldier. They entrained amid the proud tears of their families soberly like veterans. The girls were of Russia's best blood, of the city's Intellectual, financial leaders. Most of them were students at universities'. Some were wealthy. Today Petfograd was contrasting these loyal women with their traitorous male comrades in arms who fled before Austro-German blows.

29 Hammond must furnish twentyseven men by draft for America's new army. Adjutant General Smith so informed Mayor. John Smalley by letter today. It will be impossible for the government to exempt Hammond from the draft And thus set a precedent which would make it necessary to grant all other towns and cities having sent their quota of volunteers the same privilege. The Hammond exemption board is awaiting the oficial list, of serial numbers and instructions to proceed with the exemption of candidates, Paul Lipinskl stated today. -The board will notify the first hundred men eligible for the draft to appear for examination as soon as word is received to go ahead. Each man will be notified by mail and the board will have its meetings k Room 3 of the superior court house Those notified o appear must do so within seven days after the letter of notification. As soon as a man is notified to appear for examination before the exemption board he is barred from volunteering. Therefore the candidate has no time to waste before getting to the recruiting office. Choice of departments of the service is offered the volunteer. The Infantry, quartermaster's corps, hospital corps, and signal corps arc open for volunteers. Clerks, machinists chauffeurs, blacksmiths, fakers, cooks, etc., can go to work for Uncle Sam at their respective trades. Credit for the draft stopped June 30. Since that date 104 (men have been accepted at the Hammond recruiting office. Forty boys livfhg on the North Side of the city have offered to volunteer, and none is over 21 years of age. . They will leave Wednesday or Thursday of next week. The detachment will be sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison for training and anyone may Join it. Enlistment in the regular army will not prevent a man from attending the second officers' training camp4 according to Captain Ryan. Ten volunteers were sent away today. ' Their names follow: Roy Huser, Sam Friedlander, John Howeyk. Mike Lawandawsky, Toney Owenarnak. David Xorrls. Hugh Smith, Lowell Cook, Roy Cammon and John Baron. is credited with inside information. Be said the national guard would be in France before January 1. He visited Fort Sheridan today. (By United Press Cablegram.) PABZS, July 26. Suffering terrible losses German troops succeeded in a desperate" attack last nlgrht in occupy. lag first line trenches east of Euxtevise to the south of Bovelle, the official statement declared the attack was, in great force. - (By United Press Cablegram.) LONDON, July 25. Tie Bussian army ro uted in Oallcia may have lost to the Germans all the-weath of artil lery a nd military supplies which the al lies conce ntrated for General Brusiloff's great offensive.

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